Box-loop



(No Model.)

. G. L. ORANDAL.

BOX LOOP.

No. 419,643. Patented Jan.21,1890.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. CRANDAL, or BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

BOX-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,643, dated January21, 1890.

Application filed June 24, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. CRANDAL, of Binghamton, in the county ofBroome and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Box-Loopsfor Carriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

My improved device relates only to boxloops which are made in part ofleather or other pliable material. There the loop is made entirely ofmetal, a more simple device can be employed, as shown and described inLetters Patent No. 199,798, issued to me January 29, 1878. Leatherloops, as now most generally used, are made with four sides, and arestitched or tacked to the material. In some cases a metal strip or piecehas been inserted in the loop with clinches projecting through theleather bottom for the purpose of attaching the loop to the material.

In the drawings, Figure 1 rep rtsents the loop, A being the top or mainpart of my improved box-loop for carriage-tops. Fig. 2 represents theinside metal lining B. Fig. 3 represents the metal plate 0, which formsthe bottom of the completed loop. Fig. 4 represents the boxloop completeand ready for use.

The loop A is made of leather or other pliable material, and has flangesF projecting outwardly from its lower edges.

The inside lining B is made of sheet metal, and has upwardly-projectingsides E and clinches Y projecting downward, by which the entirecompleted loop is to be attached to the carriage-top. The buckles arealso attached to this metal lining in the usual manner of attachingbuckles to the ordinary metal buckle-loops. The metal lining B is placedinside the loop A, and then the clinches Y are passed through theopenings X in the metal plate 0. (Shown in Fig. 3.) The upwardturnedflanges D of the sheet-metal plate O are then pressed down firmly uponthe flanges F of the loop A, and in this way the three parts A, B, and Oare held firmly together and the loop is complete, as shown in Fig. 4.It is much better, and I prefer to t urn'up the flanges D of the metalplate 0 just high enough so that when they are closed down on theflanges F of the loop A the tops of the flanges D will also press thesides of the loop A firmly against the turned-up metal and strong metallining B.

Serial No. 315,448- (No model.)

Small ornamental indentations or corrugations, as shown in Fig. 3, maybe made on the flanges D, and in this Way improve the appearance of theloop; but this feature I do not claim, as such improvement is claimed byme in Letters Patent No. 199,798, granted January 29, 1878.

Sometimes aloo p with a buckle at one end and with the other end closedor pointed is used instead of the loop shown in the drawings. This styleof loop can be made in accordance with my invention by making the loop Aclosed or pointed at one end, and the metal lining B with only onebuckle attached and the other end shaped the same as the loop A. Themetal piece 0 is also shaped at one end tocorrespond with the closed endof the loop. The flanges F andD extend around the closed end, and arethen pressed down together in the same manner as already described.

My method of construction makes it possible to use a much thinner sheetmetal and of a better quality in making the metal plate 0 than isnecessarily used in making the stifli' This advantage is very important,as in this waya much better appearing loop can be made.

Having fully described my invention,wl1at I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a box-loop for carriage-tops, the combination of the loop A, madeof leather or other pliable material and having the flanges F, with themetal lining B and metal plate C made with the flanges D, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. In a box-loop for carriage-tops, the combination of the loop A, madeof leather or other pliable material, and metal lining B, with the metalplate 0, made with the flanges D just long enough to press and securelyhold the sides of the loop A against the upturned sides E of the metallining B, substantially as described.

GEORGE L. CRANDAL.

Witnesses:

GHAs. M. STONE, CHAS. E. TITOHENER.

